The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-29
PICTURES IN DEMAND.
WHAT AN ENGLISH PHOTOGRAPHER
SAYS ON THE SUBJECT.

Lord 1UicSIe1SuS "~
Prince Imperial-A Curious Circ"'"'
..a,ce-l,oyalty Takes the Palm.Actors
and Actre,scs-An Evaporation.
81 supuose there has been great ue-
mand for Lord Iddesleigh's photo!
eyes, and the more SO because MS ue:.n ,.
was so sudden. When n public man dies
there is sure to be great run upon MS
portraits. Even after the death OF sucn
man as Darwin there was RAPID SAFE,
while within n week OF Fred Arcners
death we sold tremendous number OF
h;s ncrtroits. I remember the time of the
nrince imperial's death best, however.
The peoplc thronged round the counter
four deep. aud many Frenchmen came
over in order to purchase portraits.
Another curious circumstance is that
when the leaders Of Il political party 20
out of Office there is an immediate chcck
to the sale of their portraits On the other
hand there is corresponding increase IN
the ,mrtruits sold Of Their rivals as soon as
they take Office
"Do Mr.. Gla,istone's features attract
the most purchasers -.
.No. i think royalty must take the
palm. The queen, of course, comes nrst.
and then the Prince and Princess OF
Wales. The Americans especially are
large buvers of portraits Of the royal fam
ily. But on the whole think you are
right in supposing the sale of these photo
graphs to be q barometer Of the rising or
waning popularity OF celebrated person
age
ACTORS AND ACTREssEs.
~ suppose more portraits are bought of
actors and actresses than Of any other
class of celebritics:'
"No. don't think 50. know that the
latest portraits of actors and actresses In
character attract the most attention In
the window. But l don't think that
throughout tho year we sell more por-
traits of thc,n than OF any other class OF
celebrities. a good many portraits OF the
most beautiful of our actresses are bought
as copies for painting by ladies'. And
then there is sometimes great run upon
u particular actor or actress. For IN
stance, some time ago we conld not sup
ply enough portraits Of Mary Anderson,
hut now we sell very few.''
II see YOU have pictures Of u whole
company in the act of playing in a certain
scene of IL play. suppose you would
photographer
"No, we should not get the light at the
| theatre. The various members of u COM
pany come and dress here and place them.
selves in their proper positions in IL large
room up stairs preparatory to being taken.
| It is now becoming Il general practice te
take photographs Of certain scenes in q
successful play, and during the run Of the
piece very large numbers are sold. Jim
the Pcn,aan,' 'The JTNrhor Lights,
| sTurned J'p.' have all been taken in THU
way, and we are about tn take David
Garrick.''
'Do you over find any difficulty in ob
tanning a photograph you tlesires'
''No, not at all. When anybody be-
comes famous an application will always
procure n sitting, and the most distin
guished men are always ready to sit when
u new portrait is required
After allu.ling to a popular actress whit
had expressed her great regret that ir
her youthful innocence she had parted
with her likeness without asking for pay
ment, we inquired whether the portrait:
of famous actresses were really so costly
"Therc is great deal of cXnggeratiol
in the matter. Some ladies on the stag
will not give us sitting without pay
nnent, but l know. from my own knowl
edge, that nothing like the price has bee,
paid for sitting rs in some cases ha
been stated. Of course, it is but natura
that pretty girls should like to exaggerat
} the money value OF their faces Pal
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